The 2022 Italian general election was held on 25 September, resulting in a majority of seats of both houses of the Italian Parliament for the centre-right coalition .[ 1] [ 2] Meloni Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. The first Cabinet headed by a female Prime Minister of Italy ,[ 3] political right ,[ 4] far-right -led Italian government since World War II .[ 5] [ 6] confidence votes on 25–26 October with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Voter turnout Voter turnout was the lowest in the history of republican Italy at 63.9%,[ 10] [ 11]
Chamber of Deputies
Vote and seats share Seat distribution (party) FdI
30.00% PD
17.25% Lega
16.50% M5S
13.00% FI
11.25% A–IV
5.25% AVS
3.00% NM
1.75% Others
2.00%
Popular vote (coalition) CDX
43.79% CSX
26.13% M5S
15.43% A–IV
7.79% Others
6.86%
Seat distribution (coalition) CDX
59.25% CSX
21.25% M5S
13.00% A–IV
5.25% Others
1.25%
Overall results ← Summary of the 25 September 2022 Chamber of Deputies election results[ 12] Results by party Results by coalition Coalition Party Proportional First-past-the-post Aosta Valley Overseas Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Centre-right Brothers of Italy 7,302,517 26.00 69 12,300,244 43.79 49 16,016 28.80 – 281,949 26.00 1 119 League 2,464,005 8.77 23 42 – 1 66 Forza Italia 2,278,217 8.11 22 23 – – 45 Us Moderates 255,505 0.91 – 7 – — — — 7 Centre-left Democratic Party – IDP 5,356,180 19.07 57 7,337,975 26.13 8 — — — 305,759 28.20 4 69 Greens and Left Alliance 1,018,669 3.63 11 1 — — — 52,994 4.89 – 12 More Europe 793,961 2.83 – 2 — — — 29,971 2.76 – 2 Civic Commitment 169,165 0.60 – 1 — — — 11,590 1.07 – 1 Five Star Movement 4,333,972 15.43 41 4,333,972 15.43 10 — — — 93,338 8.61 1 52 Action – Italia Viva 2,186,669 7.79 21 2,186,669 7.79 – — — — 60,499 5.58 – 21 South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT 117,010 0.42 1 117,010 0.42 2 — — — — — — 3 South calls North 212,685 0.76 – 212,685 0.76 1 — — — — — — 1 Aosta Valley — — — — — — 20,763 38.63 1 — — — 1 Associative Movement of Italians Abroad — — — — — — — — — 141,356 13.04 1 1 Others 1,599,227 5.68 – 1,599,227 5.68 – 16,967 32.57 – 106,847 9.85 – – Total 28,087,782 100 245 28,087,782 100 146 53,746 100 1 1,084,303 100 8 400
Popular vote (party) FdI
25.98% PD
19.04% M5S
15.43% Lega
8.79% FI
8.11% A–IV
7.78% AVS
3.64% +E
2.83% Others
8.40%
Seat distribution (party) FdI
30.00% PD
17.25% Lega
16.50% M5S
13.00% FI
11.25% A–IV
5.25% AVS
3.00% NM
1.75% Others
2.00%
Popular vote (coalition) CDX
43.79% CSX
26.12% M5S
15.43% A–IV
7.78% Others
6.88%
Seat distribution (coalition) CDX
59.25% CSX
21.25% M5S
13.00% A–IV
5.25% Others
1.25%
Proportional results Proportional distribution of seats by party in the Chamber of Deputies Party Votes % Seats Brothers of Italy (FdI) 7,301,303 25.98 69 Democratic Party – IDP (PD–IDP) 5,348,676 19.04 57 Five Star Movement (M5S) 4,335,494 15.43 41 League (Lega) 2,470,318 8.79 23 Forza Italia (FI) 2,279,266 8.11 22 Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) 2,186,505 7.78 21 Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) 1,021,808 3.64 11 More Europe (+E) 796,057 2.83 – Italexit for Italy (Italexit) 534,950 1.90 – People's Union (UP) 403,149 1.43 – Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 348,831 1.24 – Us Moderates (NM) 254,127 0.91 – South calls North (ScN) 212,954 0.76 – Vita (V) 201,737 0.72 – Civic Commitment (IC) 173,555 0.62 – South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT (SVP–PATT) 117,032 0.42 1 Us of the Centre – Europeanists (NDC–Eu) 46,230 0.16 – Italian Communist Party (PCI) 24,549 0.09 – Animalist Party – UCDL – 10VM (PAI–UCDL–10VM) 21,451 0.08 – Alternative for Italy (APLI) 17,137 0.06 – Party of Creative Madness (PFC) 1,419 0.00 – Free (F) 829 0.00 – Force of the People (FdP) 819 0.00 – Total 28,098,196 100.00 245 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 1,286,915 4.38 – Total turnout 29,385,111 63.85 – Registered voters 46,021,956 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
First-past-the-post results Winning candidates in constituencies for the Chamber of Deputies Party or coalition Votes % Seats Centre-right coalition (CDX) 12,305,014 43.79 121 Centre-left coalition (CSX) 7,340,096 26.12 12 Five Star Movement (M5S) 4,335,494 15.43 10 Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) 2,186,505 7.78 – Italexit for Italy (Italexit) 534,950 1.90 – People's Union (UP) 403,149 1.43 – Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 348,831 1.24 – South calls North (ScN) 212,954 0.76 1 Vita (V) 201,737 0.72 – South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT (SVP–PATT) 117,032 0.42 2 Us of the Centre – Europeanists (NDC–Eu) 46,230 0.16 – Italian Communist Party (PCI) 24,549 0.09 – Animalist Party – UCDL – 10VM (PAI–UCDL–10VM) 21,451 0.08 – Alternative for Italy (APLI) 17,137 0.06 – Party of Creative Madness (PFC) 1,419 0.00 – Free (F) 829 0.00 – Force of the People (FdP) 819 0.00 – Total 28,098,196 100.00 146 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 1,286,915 4.38 – Total turnout 29,385,111 63.85 – Registered voters 46,021,956 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
Aosta Valley The autonomous region of Aosta Valley in northwestern Italy elects one member to the Chamber of Deputies through a direct first-past-the-post election. Some parties that formed electoral coalitions in Italy might have opted to run against one another, or form different coalitions, in this particular region.[ 13] [ 14]
Candidate Party Votes % Result Franco Manes Aosta Valley (VdA)[ a] 20,763 38.63 Y Elected Emily Rini Centre-right coalition (Lega –FI –NM –FdI ) 16,016 28.80 Giovanni Girardini Valdostan Renaissance 6,398 11.90 Erika Guichardaz Open Aosta Valley (Open VdA)[ b] 5,841 10.87 Loredana Ronc Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 2,302 4.28 Loredana De Rosa People's Union (UP) 1,375 2.56 Davide Ianni Italian Communist Party (PCI) 1,051 1.96 Total 53,746 100.00 1 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 5,740 9.66 – Total turnout 59,490 60.59 – Registered voters 98,187 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
Overseas constituencies Eight members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean ), two members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago ), three members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica ). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation. The electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy; Forza Italia, the League, and Brothers of Italy formed a unified list for abroad constituencies.[ 15]
Party Votes % Seats Democratic Party – IDP (PD–IDP)306,105 28.20 4 League – Forza Italia – Brothers of Italy (Lega–FI–FdI)282,636 26.04 2 Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE)141,440 13.03 1 Five Star Movement (M5S)93,219 8.59 1 South American Union of Italian Emigrants (USEI)73,389 6.76 – Action – Italia Viva (A–IV)60,456 5.57 – Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)52,962 4.88 – More Europe (+E)29,947 2.76 – Movement of Freedoms (MdL) 18,348 1.69 – Italy of the South (IdM) 15,442 1.42 – Civic Commitment (IC)11,608 1.07 – Total 1,085,552 100.00 8 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 164,929 13.19 – Total turnout 1,250,481 26.36 – Registered voters 4,743,980 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
Results by constituency
Senate of the Republic
Vote and seats share Popular vote (coalition) CDX
44.02% CSX
25.99% M5S
15.55% A–IV
7.73%
Seat distribution (coalition) CDX
57.50% CSX
22.00% M5S
14.00% A–IV
4.50% Others
2.00%
Overall results ← Summary of the 25 September 2022 Senate of the Republic election results[ 16] Results by party Results by coalition Coalition Party Proportional First-past-the-post Aosta Valley Trentino-Alto Adige Overseas Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Centre-right Brothers of Italy 7,167,136 26.01 34 12,129,547 44.02 31 18,509 34.05 – 137,015 27.24 – 294,712 27.05 – 65 League 2,439,200 8.85 13 14 1 1 – 29 Forza Italia 2,279,802 8.27 9 9 – – – 18 Us Moderates 243,409 0.88 – 2 – 1 — — — 3 Centre-left Democratic Party–IDP 5,226,732 18.96 31 7,161,688 25.99 4 [ a] – – 149,682 29,29 1 370,262 33.98 3 39 Greens and Left Alliance 972,316 3.53 3 1 — — — – — — — 4 Campobase — — — – — — — 1 — — — 1 Others 972,214 3.53 – – — — — – 14,610 1.34 0 0 Five Star Movement 4,285,894 15.55 23 4,285,894 15.55 5 — — — 28,355 5.64 – 101,794 9.34 – 28 Action – Italia Viva 2,131,310 7.73 9 2,131,310 7.73 – — — — 6,782 1.35 – 76,070 6.98 – 9 South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT — — — — — — — — — 116,003 23.06 2 — — — 2 South calls North 271,549 0.99 – 271,549 0.99 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 Associative Movement of Italians Abroad — — — — — — — — — — — — 138,758 12.73 1 1 Others 2,119,823 5,72 0 2,119,823 5,72 0 35,850 65.95 – 65.117 13.42 0 93,107 8.54 – 0 Total 27,569,675 100 122 27,569,675 100 67 54,359 100 1 502,954 100 6 1,090,147 100 4 200
Notes Popular vote (party) FdI
26.00% PD
18.93% M5S
15.56% Lega
8.84% FI
8.27% A–IV
7.73% AVS
3.53% +E
2.94% Others
8.20%
Seat distribution (party) FdI
32.50% PD
20.00% Lega
15.00% M5S
14.00% FI
9.00% A–IV
4.50% AVS
2.00% NM
1.00% Others
2.00%
Popular vote (coalition) CDX
44.02% CSX
25.99% M5S
15.56% A–IV
7.73% Others
6.70%
Seat distribution (coalition) CDX
57.50% CSX
22.00% M5S
14.00% A–IV
4.50% Others
2.00%
Proportional results Proportional distribution of seats by party in the Senate of the Republic Party Votes % Seats Brothers of Italy (FdI) 7,168,875 26.00 34 Democratic Party – IDP (PD–IDP) 5,220,256 18.93 31 Five Star Movement (M5S) 4,290,194 15.55 23 League (Lega) 2,437,406 8.84 13 Forza Italia (FI) 2,281,258 8.27 9 Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) 2,131,023 7.73 9 Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) 972,780 3.53 3 More Europe (+E) 810,441 2.94 – Italexit for Italy (Italexit) 515,657 1.87 – People's Union (UP) 374,247 1.36 – Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 309,391 1.12 – South calls North (ScN) 272,462 0.99 – Us Moderates (NM) 248,308 0.90 – Vita (V) 196,644 0.71 – Civic Commitment (IC) 161,773 0.59 – Italian Communist Party (PCI) 70,938 0.26 – Us of the Centre – Europeanists (NDC–Eu) 42,905 0.16 – Alternative for Italy (APLI) 40,397 0.15 – Animalist Party – UCDL – 10VM (PAI–UCDL–10VM) 16,950 0.06 – Workers' Communist Party (PCL) 4,491 0.02 – United Right – Royal Italy (DU–IR) 2,415 0.01 – Force of the People (FdP) 864 0.01 – Total 27,569,675 100.00 122 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 1,281,165 4.44 – Total turnout 28,850,840 63.81 – Registered voters 45,210,950 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
First-past-the-post results Winning candidates in constituencies for the Senate of the Republic Party or coalition Votes % Seats Centre-right coalition (CDX) 12,135,847 44.02 56 Centre-left coalition (CSX) 7,165,250 25.99 5 Five Star Movement (M5S) 4,290,194 15.55 5 Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) 2,131,023 7.73 – Italexit for Italy (Italexit) 515,657 1.87 – People's Union (UP) 374,247 1.36 – Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 309,391 1.12 – South calls North (ScN) 272,462 0.99 1 Vita (V) 196,644 0.71 – Italian Communist Party (PCI) 70,938 0.26 – Us of the Centre – Europeanists (NDC–Eu) 42,905 0.16 – Alternative for Italy (APLI) 40,397 0.15 – Animalist Party – UCDL – 10VM (PAI–UCDL–10VM) 16,950 0.06 – Workers' Communist Party (PCL) 4,491 0.02 – United Right – Royal Italy (DU–IR) 2,415 0.01 – Force of the People (FdP) 864 0.01 – Total 27,569,675 100.00 67 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 1,281,165 4.44 – Total turnout 28,850,840 63.81 – Registered voters 45,210,950 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
Aosta Valley Candidate Party Votes % Result Nicoletta Spelgatti Centre-right coalition (Lega –FI –NM –FdI ) 18,509 34.05 Y Elected Patrik Vesan Aosta Valley (VdA)[ a] 18,282 33.63 Augusto Rollandin For Autonomy (PlA) 7,272 13.38 Daria Pulz Open Aosta Valley (Open VdA)[ b] 5,448 10.02 Alessandro Bianchini Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 1,569 2.89 Francesco Lucat People's Union (UP) 1,311 2.41 Guglielmo Leray Italian Communist Party (PCI) 1,051 1.93 Larisa Bargan Vita (V) 917 1.69 Total 54,359 100.00 1 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 5,131 8.62 – Total turnout 59,490 60.59 – Registered voters 98,187 – – Source:
Trentino-Alto Adige Party Votes % Seats Centre-right coalition (Lega –FI –NM –FdI ) 137,015 27.24 2 South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT (SVP–PATT) 116,003 23.06 2 Centre-left coalition (CB –+E –AVS –PD –A–IV ) 100,602 20.00 1 Five Star Movement (M5S) 28,355 5.64 – Centre-left coalition (PD–IDP –+E –AVS ) 21,894 4.35 1 Vita (V) 17,876 3.55 – Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) 17,574 3.49 – Sovereign and Popular Italy (ISP) 15,252 3.03 – Die Freiheitlichen (DF) 14,479 2.88 – Team K (TK) 11,157 2.22 – Democratic Party – IDP (PD–IDP) 9,612 1.91 – Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) 6,782 1.35 – People's Union (UP) 6,353 1.26 – Total 502,954 100.00 6 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 32,625 6.09 – Total turnout 811,006 66.04 – Registered voters – – Source:
Overseas constituencies Four members of the Senate of the Republic are elected by Italians abroad. One member is elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean ), one member for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago ), one member for Europe, and one for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica ). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation. The electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy; since January 2018, Forza Italia, the League, and Brothers of Italy have formed a unified list for abroad constituencies.[ 17]
Party Votes % Seats Democratic Party – IDP (PD–IDP)370,549 33.99 3 League – Forza Italia – Brothers of Italy (Lega–FI–FdI)295,467 27.10 – Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE)138,337 12.69 1 Five Star Movement (M5S)101,925 9.35 – Action – Italia Viva (A–IV)76,152 6.99 – South American Union of Italian Emigrants (USEI)55,523 5.09 – Movement of Freedoms (MdL) 23,384 2.15 – Civic Commitment (IC)14,610 1.34 – Italy of the South (IdM) 14,200 1.30 – Total 1,090,147 100.00 4 Invalid / blank / unassigned votes 143,681 11.65 – Total turnout 1.233.828 26.01 – Registered voters 4,743,980 – – Source: Ministry of the Interior
Results by constituency
Analysis of proportionality Using the Gallagher index , the disproportionality of both houses was 12.31 and 10.83. For comparison, the disproportionality in the 2018 election was 5.50 and 6.12.
Electorate demographics Sociology of the electorate Demographic Centre-right Centre-left M5S A–IV Others Turnout Total vote 43.8% 26.1% 15.4% 7.8% 6.9% 63.8% Sex Men 48.6% 20.3% 15.2% 8.6% 7.3% 63.1% Women 38.9% 32.0% 15.6% 6.9% 6.6% 58.5% Age 18–34 years old 25.0% 37.9% 20.9% 8.5% 7.7% 57.3% 35–49 years old 49.6% 21.0% 17.4% 5.7% 6.3% 57.6% 50–64 years old 45.6% 22.5% 16.6% 6.9% 8.4% 65.2% 65 or older 51.9% 24.3% 8.8% 9.9% 5.1% 61.8% Occupation Student 19.1% 44.5% 24.8% 8.0% 3.6% 64.5% Unemployed 43.5% 22.3% 23.5% 3.3% 7.4% 52.2% Housewife 51.1% 19.9% 19.0% 5.4% 4.6% 63.0% Blue-collar 56.5% 15.7% 16.4% 3.9% 7.5% 56.6% White-collar 38.4% 30.7% 13.8% 10.8% 6.3% 67.2% Self-employed 43.3% 16.0% 15.8% 7.5% 17.4% 70.0% Manager 42.6% 28.2% 11.6% 12.3% 5.3% 74.1% Retired 44.4% 30.5% 9.9% 9.0% 6.2% 59.9% Education Elementary school 53.8% 18.0% 16.7% 5.2% 6.3% 54.8% High school 42.4% 25.5% 16.1% 7.4% 8.6% 64.2% University 28.8% 40.7% 11.3% 14.3% 4.9% 71.1% Economic condition Lower 49.2% 14.4% 25.0% 3.4% 8.0% 50.6% Middle-lower 50.1% 19.7% 18.2% 5.2% 6.8% 52.7% Middle 41.7% 28.9% 14.0% 7.9% 7.5% 64.0% Upper-middle 37.1% 32.6% 11.4% 11.5% 7.4% 71.7% Upper 41.1% 34.8% 10.2% 11.7% 2.2% 72.5% Source: Ipsos Italia[ 18]
See also
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